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The number of Medicare claims Australians make in a year doubled between 1984 and 2018. By Sopotnick

More visits to the doctor doesn’t mean better care – it’s time for a Medicare shake‑up

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Kees Van Gool, University of Technology Sydney

Paying doctors a fee for each service they provide isn’t delivering optimal value for the health dollar. Instead, we should pay doctors a lump sum to care for a patient’s medical problem over time.
More knowledge about your genetic makeup enables you to make better-informed choices – but at what cost? Shutterstock

Not all genetic tests should be publicly funded – here’s why

Rosalie Viney, University of Technology Sydney; Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney, and Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute

It’s exciting to think we’re on the brink of a genomic revolution in health care. But just because new technology becomes available, it doesn’t mean it should automatically be publicly funded.
Who took the points in the first leaders’ debate of the 2016 campaign? AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Turnbull and Shorten face off in leaders’ debate: experts respond

Natalie Mast, The University of Western Australia; Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology; Bronwyn Hinz, Victoria University; Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney; Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania, and Tom Clark, Victoria University

The Conversation’s experts respond to the first Turnbull-Shorten debate with an eye across key policy areas and the leaders’ performances.
The Commonwealth is telling the states to fix their own hospital budget problems, as though state governments can simply find savings from other areas. MARCELODLT/Shutterstock

Here’s how to boost hospital funds and end the blame game

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Kees Van Gool, University of Technology Sydney

Health-care costs are rising, driven by expensive developments in treatments, more demanding populations and rising national wealth. We need to change the financing system to meet this challenge.
There’s elephant in the room that government-appointed reviewers need to notice if they’re going to overhaul the Medicare Benefits Schedule. mike woodward/Flickr

Medicare review must deal with ‘elephant in the room’ incentives

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney; Kees Van Gool, University of Technology Sydney; Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney; Rosalie Viney, University of Technology Sydney, and Stephen Goodall, University of Technology Sydney

The review of Medicare recently announced by the health minister is not only a pachydermal task, it will also fail unless it acknowledges the elephant in the room – our fee-for service health system.
Discussions about Medicare’s sustainability under the Abbott government have only concerned how much we spend on the health sector. AAP/Joel Carrett

Abbott redux needs to revisit ‘sustainable’ health spending

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Kees Van Gool, University of Technology Sydney

The Abbott government “reset” yesterday provides a valuable opportunity to reconsider health policies based on the idea that Australia’s health system is unsustainable. But first it will need to embrace…
The AMA proposal would wipe out 97% of the government’s $3.5bn savings. Newzulu/AAP

AMA co‑pay plan: protecting the poor and GPs’ bottom line

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Kees Van Gool, University of Technology Sydney

Bulk billing without restrictions has been a feature of the Australian health system since the introduction of Medicare in 1984. It is particularly important in general practice, as it means any Australian…
The government’s attempt to introduce a $7 compulsory co-payment for visits to the doctor and pathology services has drawn widespread criticism. AAP Image/NEWZULU/PETER BOYLE

GP co‑payments: why price signals for health don’t work

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Richard De Abreu Lourenco, University of Technology Sydney

Arguments against health co-payments proposed in May’s federal budget will come to the fore again shortly as the Senate considers whether it will pass the necessary legislation. The government’s attempt…
Four of the five members of the Commission of Audit during a Senate hearing at Parliament House in January. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Commission of Audit should know costs but appreciate value

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney

The Senate Select Committee into the Commission of Audit is holding its third Hearing in Canberra today. Witnesses include the Consumers Health Forum and Australian Health and Hospitals Association, so…
Until the Opposition releases its health policy, it’s impossible to know what will happen to the health reform agenda. Alejandro Polanco

Election places national health reform at a crossroads

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the federal election will be held in mid-September. So, what will happen to the ambitious program of health reform that the Labor government is in the process…
We need to research the health of the health system for the sake of sustainability. Greg Boege

McKeon review should consider the well‑being of health system

Marion Haas, University of Technology Sydney and Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney

The consultation paper by the panel of the McKeon Review is available and open for public comment now, so it’s worth examining whether this review (the latest of many into health and medical research…
Is the Medicare model suitable for a population with increasingly complex health-care needs? AAP

Medicare rort claims: experts respond

Reema Rattan, The Conversation

Medicare is again in the news after the former director of the Professional Services Review (PSR) Dr Tony Webber published an article critical of its workings in today’s Medical Journal of Australia (MJA…
The unfurling National Health Reform Agreement should start to deliver changes to Australia’s health-care system in 2012. AAP

Lost about health‑care reform? Here’s where we got to in 2011

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Jonathan Karnon, University of Adelaide

Health-care reform was one of the policy areas where much had been promised but little delivered by the start of 2011. Prime Minister Julia Gillard promised that 2011 would be a year of implementation…
Successful: the threat of cuts led researchers to hold rallies in state capitals. AAP

Medical research funding has been saved: now we need to spend wisely

Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney

The NHMRC budget escaped the threatened $400 million cut in last night’s Federal Government budget announcement. Instead, the 4% annual increase it has received in recent years will continue for another…

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